Colbert's Bold Performance

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Stephen Colbert was far braver than I would have been at the White House Correspondents dinner, as described here. I encourage you to take the time to actually watch the clips. The ending film clip is a bit slow, but be sure to see Helen Thomas' great question. Thanks to Rachael for the tip...

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  1. Anonymous2:32 PM

    Late much?

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  2. Anonymous4:26 PM

    Are you commemorating the one year anniversary of the speech?

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  3. Bob Murphy8:34 AM

    *sigh* I didn't hear about it until a few weeks ago, so I posted it on the off chance that other antiwar people hadn't either. I can't quite remember, but I think I disliked Colbert as of last year.

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  4. gcallah5:30 AM

    Bob, have you heard of this show called the X-Files? It's fairly anti-state.

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  5. Bob Murphy8:50 AM

    I'll have to check it out. It doesn't conflict with Johnny Carson, does it?

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  6. gcallah8:53 PM

    I think it's on at the same time as the Milton Berle show.

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